01. Funding Public Transit

Public transit fulfills a basic social need and provides efficient movement of people to and from work and school that sustains our economy and our society. Investments in transit are investments in the environment, in reducing congestion, in improving social mobility and in improving everyone's quality of life. To address the future transit needs of Calgary, The City of Calgary has developed RouteAhead: A Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary,: A Strategic Plan for Transit in Calgary, which is a 30-year, $13 billion transit plan. The next priority in Route Ahead's plan is construction of a 50 km, $4.6 billion new Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line called the Green Line, which will connect North Calgary via Centre Street with the downtown and Southeast Calgary.